Prior to the advent of what has become a veritable avalanche of IT innovations, most of twentieth century business decision making had been hampered by limited information. -Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman

Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist. -George V. Higgins

I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won’t last out the year. -The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. -Benjamin Disraeli

Whoever has information fastest and uses it, wins. -Don Keough, former president of Coca-Cola

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. -Ronald Reagan

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. -Winston Churchill

We have for the first time an economy based on a key resource [information] that is not only renewable, but self-generating. Running out of it is not a problem, but drowning in it is. -John Naisbit

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. -Bertrand Russell

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. -Vince Lombardi

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it. -Herbert Simon, economist

If you’re going to pretend to be ignorant, it’s best to be well informed. -Brad Laney, marketing consultant

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. -Gertrude Stein

My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating. -Ashleigh Brilliant